nato secretary general not want to go look as though it is not standing by member state turkey, said the alliance had drawn up plans to help turkey against syria if needed. >> this is an alliance based on the principle of solidarity and, of course, turkey can rely on alliance solidarity and this is the reason why we do have our plans in place to protect and defend turkey. but for reasons you understand very well, we can't go into details. >> none of the nato nations until now, shep, have wanted to get involved in the war. >> shep: we'll see who gets dragged in war. leon panetta is there still talking? >> he's in brussels meeting with his colleagues tomorrow and issued this warning overt weekend, however. >> obviously the fact that there are now exchanges of fire between these two countries raises additional concerns that this conflict could broaden. >> one of the reasons western nations have not wanted to get involved in syria despite the large number of civilian deaths is that there are hundreds of syrian militias, according to intelligence analysts and it's difficult to separate fr